ABSTRACT

This chapter concentrates on analyses of public opinion in Macedonia after the settlement of the fighting but before the agreements that ended the fighting were fully implemented. It also centres on public opinion and its divisions related to the conflict and ethnic reconciliation in Macedonia. The chapter contributes to the emerging research on disaggregating the study of civil war. It analyses the respondents' agreement or disagreement with implementing the terms of the Ohrid Agreement, Quick implementation of the Framework Agreement is the key to solving the problems of Macedonia. The chapter evolutes the conflict in Macedonia, in combination with older cultural divisions, led to Macedonian Albanian differences in attitudes toward the issues examined. The essence of the conflict from the beginning of 1999 through today is being provoked by criminal groups who want disorder so that they can do whatever they want.